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Hey, everybody! Welcome back to Countdown
to TechEd North America
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2014 Episode 2! The countdown
strikes back!
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>> I'm tryin' to get my T... my
T minus! Is it T minus 28?
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>> T minus seven months,
27-ish weeks away.
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>> Okay.
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>> Ish!
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>> Okay.
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>> Because, again, I did that
whole counting thing.
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>> You're good. You've gotten better.
Last time we had to use
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too many fingers but, uh, yeah!
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[Laughter]
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>> Exactly right! Exactly right! I'm
Joey; and my counterpart, Rick.
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And we are here to talk about something
that happened today!
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>> Yes!
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>> Breaking news! Do-do-dooo-do-do-do...
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>> Early Bird registration is open!
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Right now!
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>> Right now!
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>> That means you can save
300 smackeroos!
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>> $300...
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>> ...if you register today.
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>> And you can go and register today
by going to akams/TechEd14.
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TechEd 14
>> Mm-hmm.
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>> And that will get you right to
the registration. Now, why,
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besides saving $300, would
I want to register early?
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>> Well, if you happen to
also be a student...
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>> Oh?
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>> gotta be... you forgot about
talking this in the notes.
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If you're a student, you actually
get an additional savings,
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but we only have 100
spots for students.
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>> Ahh.
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>> Did you know that? Did
you remember that?
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>> Yeah, absolutely.
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>> That was in the communication
e-mail..
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>> So you wanna do it now.
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>> So definitely. But the main thing
is this ensures you get your space.
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This ensures you get Early Bird access
to the discounted pricing...
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>> Mm-hmm.
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>> and ensures you have your spot
reserved on the ticket lines
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to get in, and you're done.
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>> You know, and another good thing
about registering early is,
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if you happen to work for a company
that fiscal year...
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>> Ahh.
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>> actually maps to the
calendar year...
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>> Good point!
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>> that means you're gonna get
in on this year's budget.
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You're not gonna have to worry about
it. Go ahead and convince
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your boss. We've got some fodder
to help with that as well...
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>> Yep, yep!
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>> right? And we'll put the link
down here below. But a letter
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actually to convince your boss...
get that taken care of now.
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I used this all the time because,
previously, when I was just
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attending TechEd, I would do this
all the time where I'd come
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in right around this time frame actually
before the holiday started
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and went, hey, I wanna do this training!
Let's go ahead and get
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this in because we're at the tail
end of the fiscal year...
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>> Yup!
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>> we've got some money. Let's go
ahead and do it now! So go ahead
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and get registered.
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>> There's also a ICS file.
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>> An ICS file?
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>> Like a save-the-date space for your
calendar that's also available
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as well. And you know what? This
thing in the states...
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what do you guys do? It's also
Election Day or something like
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that, is it?
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>> Yes, today is actually
Election Day.
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>> So get out and vote!
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>> If you haven't already
already.
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>> Yes. There was a question that
came up. I'm not allowed to
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vote because I'm not an
American citizen.
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>> Yes.
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>> I'm not a green card holder.
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>> It's not like that you're
a criminal or anything.
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>> I have an official visa. I'm
allowed to be here... just so
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you know! But that case... that
came up in conversation so that
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it's not that he is working with
a convict of some kind.
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[Laughter]
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>> Well, at least not
that I know of.
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>> At least not that you know of, yes.
[Laughter]
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>> There may have been something that
didn't come up in the background
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check but...
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>> You got it!
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>> you know, we don't
wanna mention that.
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>> Now, another thing that people
like to go for as well, while
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you're going through registration
process, is that we also have
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the pre-cons. And so we should at
least mention that there are
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some of the pre-cons listed on
the site right now, right?
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>> Yeah, absolutely. So you wanna
check those. Now, pre-conference
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sessions happen the Sunday
before the actual event.
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>> Right. They're a full day long...
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>> And your brain, like, your brain
will be full at the end of
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these sessions. These are fantastic!
I actually... now, they
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do cost extra...
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>> Yes.
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>> above what you're actually paying
in registration, but these
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pre-conference sessions are amazing.
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I've gone through it, and I've
learned entire migrations and
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migration strategies for back in
the day on exchange also around
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Windows Server and Active Directory just
by attending these pre-con sessions.
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So I personally have gained a ton from
attending those pre-con sessions.
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So those are out there as well. So
when you do your registration,
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you can actually sign up
for those pre-cons.
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>> Now, I gotta ask you. Are those
pre-cons final, or are there
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just some of them that are listed
there? I know we haven't done
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the call for content yet but...
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>> Yeah. So my understanding is the
bulk of the pre-cons are there.
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You know, as always,
things are...
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>> Just still in a state
of flux perhaps.
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>> Sure, absolutely. I mean, we're
still, you know, seven-ish
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months away; so things may change.
But at least you'll have
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an idea...
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>> Right.
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>> of what we've got going on
there. Also certification,
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another big thing. We were actually
talking about this.
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Before we actually came on the
air, we were chatting about a
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blog post that I read today, and
it's Roy Buddy Buckwood.
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Ay, hey, Buck.
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This is really cool 'cause he talks
about the challenge of staying
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up to date on today's technology
and maintaining the skills for
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your company and how challenging
it can really be because, you
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know, things are moving at such
a fast pace. You're expected
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to be the expert in your areas,
and he brings out a bunch of
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hints and tips that he uses. And
the first thing he says is he
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talks about obviously relying on your
own skills and your knowledge...
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>> Yes.
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>> but, secondly, relying on the
skills and knowledge of other
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people, the whole networking
aspect of things.
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>> Right, right.
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>> He talks about certification,
which we're gonna talk about
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here in just a minute, and then
he also kinda talks about that
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re-teaching or sharing of information.
What he talks about in
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his blog posts is essentially
TechEd!
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>> I was about to say that's like
a microcosm right there...
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>> Yeah!
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>> 'cause you can do all of the things
inside the TechEd experience!
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>> Including having the lab, but we wanna
get back to certification...
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>> Right.
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>> because we actually have... certification
prep is back again
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this year!
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>> Okay!
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>> So we've got Microsoft certified
trainers and other people
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who are there to kind of help prepare
you to take your exams,
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and then you can take your exams
in Houston from May 12 to the
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15th for...
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are you ready for this?
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>> How much?
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>> 50 percent off!
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>> Nice!
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>> Yes!
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>> You know, I think I actually
freaked out the Windows Server
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certification prep guys 'cause I
went into one of those sessions
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and sat down.
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[Laughter]
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>> They recognized me. I'm like,
no, no, no. I'm just here to
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see what's going
on. That's all!
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[Laughter]
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>> They kinda skipped a beat when
they were talkin' about it.
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>> Yeah!
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>> 50 percent off!
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>> Saved!
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>> It's awesome!
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>> Yes! Savings!
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>> 50 percent off.
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>> So not only can you save by registering
early, you can also
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save at the event by
taking your exams.
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>> Now, we normally have some kind
of a challenge that goes on
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leading up to that, obviously. It's
a little bit early to start
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kicking those things off, but you
can always set your goals and
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say, hey, by this date, I'm gonna
go off at TechEd and write
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the last exam that's gonna make me an
MCSE or something to that effect.
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>> Yep! Absolutely!
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>> So you wanna set yourself
some challenges.
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>> You'll wanna get that done. I've got something
for you as well, Mr. Blog-a-rama!
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>> Yeah?
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>> We've got Bling
for your blog!
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>> The Bling is back!
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>> The Bling it back!
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>> And I'm glad because I do like
the put the Bling on the log.
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>> Yes!
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>> And I know some people actually
go off and get a little bit
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creative with the Bling and like
to modify it too; so that's...
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the Bling is available. You're able
to go off, off the main site,
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and I think it says TechEd/Bling...
it's the name of the site,
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slash, Bling.
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>> Yup!
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>> And they have the 2014 editions of
what's available for the Bling.
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>> So you'll be right after this heading
up to updating your blog?
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>> I will be updating my blog to
be able to have some blog Bling
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because I think I'm gonna
go to TechEd.
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>> You think?
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>> I've got permission from my wife
to go. I just need to get
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permission from my boss and so then I'm just
gonna use that ask-the-boss letter.
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>> You're gonna use
the template?
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>> Yeah.
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>> Perfect!
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>> Gonna see what's gonna go on.
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>> Perfect! Hey, if you are also one
of our partners or interested
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in being at TechEd as an exhibiter...
and we called this out
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last week... we also have an opportunity
for you. You'll wanna...
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we gave the e-mail address out last time.
It's TENAExpo@microsoft.com >> Mm-hmm.
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>> There is also a link now that
will publish here at the bottom
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of this to kind of talk about sponsorship
opportunities and expo
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hall opportunities that you have there. But,
again, that's TENAExpo@microsoft.com
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is who you want to reach out to...
the e-mail if you want to
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join in the fun in
being a partner.
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>> There's a whole wealth of different
size packages and opportunities.
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>> Yes, absolutely. Lots
of opportunities!
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>> You got it.
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>> Hey, I wanna give a shout-out to
our friends on the Facebooks.
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>> Oh, yeah.
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>> Facebook.com/TechEd is the place
to go. There has been quite
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a lot of
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communication and interaction and
things going out there on the
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Facebook page; so I wanted to give
a shout-out to everybody who's
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been participating.
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>> But I will also call out the fact
that you and I don't appear
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on that Facebook page until
well below the fold.
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[Laughter]
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>> So that kinda puts me in my place
in understanding where I
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sit in this organization.
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[Laughter]
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>> You know, you got pictures of
people, you got attendees, you
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got, you know, the PR-cleared stock
photos that you see in Microsoft
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presentations are up
there as well...
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>> Yeah, right.
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>> you know, the guy leaning over
with his shirt and the tie on,
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trying to use the computer like he's
an IT pro or something like that!
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>> Yeah!
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>> But, like, we didn't
even make it!
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[Laughter]
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>> I think the episode where we're
wearing the Real Madrid shirts
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in front of the green
screen for the...
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>> Yeah!
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>> That one there is on there, but
it's way down the bottom!
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We gotta work on making
ourselves up higher!
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>> Yeah, we should probably do that.
We should probably do that.
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>> We try.
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>> I mean, Naz-Naz makes us look good...
our producer extraordinaire.
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>> And that is no easy feat!
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>> And, actually, did
you see the intro?
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>> There is no easy feat!
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>> Well, that's absolutely
right!
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[Laughter]
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>> But did you see the intro?
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>> Yeah, yeah!
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>> It's awesome!
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>> Oh, way better than
the last time.
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>> So we're moving up...
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>> Yes!
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>> because we actually... besides
just having a standard slide
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at the beginning of the show...
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>> We now have music!
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>> We have music and animation!
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>> You got it!
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>> So we're moving up!
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>> So Facebook.com/TechEd is definitely
a place can you go to
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get some... get information about
what's on there, some special
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deals also, occasionally pop-ups
and little the color that goes
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on with the things; so if you were
to pass the 10-D and had your
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photo taken, you might even show
up there. Who knows? I know
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we didn't, but you know it's there.
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[Laughter]
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>> So Facebook.com/TechEd. And,
obviously, the place where we
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like to hang out and get a lot of information
from is the Channel9 forums.
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>> Absolutely! channel9.msdn.com/forums,
look for the TechEd...
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>> Yep!
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>> forums there. We'll also put
our own link down here at the
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bottom so that you can get right
to them without having to go
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beyond just the video post. Now,
one last thing that I wanna
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talk about is Houston. So we're
there, obviously, it's May 12th
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to the 15th.
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>> I think you know Houston
a little bit.
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>> I know Houston a little bit,
having lived there, oh, about
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10, 11-plus years.
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>> Okay. What's it like? Because,
you know, people are saying,
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uh, it's so big. You're not gonna
go anywhere and, you know,
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blah, blah, blah.
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>> Yeah, no.
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>> The complainers are out
there, of course.
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>> Well, okay. So if you look
at a map, Houston is huge.
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>> It's massive!
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>> It's massive, right?
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>> When I was there...
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>> There are millions and millions
and millions of people, but
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they don't actually
live in the city.
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>> Okay. When I was there with you
previously on one of our work
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assignments, it seemed very large
to this small little country
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boy, like Canada, like me.
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>> Yeah, it is, absolutely. But
once you get into the downtown
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central core area, there is a ton
of stuff to do. Now, the entire
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city has really kind of changed.
Even since I've been there,
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there's been a Super Bowl.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And they did a bunch of enhancements
there. There's a another
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Super Bowl coming in the
next couple of years.
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>> Okay.
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>> There's a couple of different central
entertainment districts,
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one of which is literally a stone's
throw from the Convention
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Center itself. But you know what I'm
thinkin'? I have some extra miles.
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You have some extra miles?
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>> I still have some extra
miles from our...
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>> And so I was back in the greenroom earlier
before we started shooting...
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>> Wait. Wait.
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>> and I found some quarters
in the couch.
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>> There's a... there's
greenroom here?
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>> Oh, I wasn't supposed to mention that
to you. Sorry, buddy. [Laughter]
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>> You didn't tell me there
was a greenroom!
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>> But I, but I saw... I found some
spare change in the couch
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there in the greenroom. So what
do you say we should look at
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going down to Houston and givin'
the folks on the Countdown show
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a little sneak peak of
what it's like there.
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>> You're talkin' road trip?
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>> Road trip.
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>> I think that's the way to go.
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>> Awesome!
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>> Let's go scout it out, man. So,
you see, I'll see if I can
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pry some miles out, and
we can do this!
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>> All right!
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>> I think we could do this.
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>> So it sounds like a plan. It
sounds like a plan. So that's
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it for this registration opening
breaking news edition of the
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Countdown Show.
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>> Oh, yep!
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>> We're going to be back whenever news
happens or in about another month.
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>> Yup. Or we somehow manage
to get out of...lockup.
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>> Yeah, yeah!
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[Laughter]
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>> We get thrown in
the clinkers.
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>> Yeah, absolutely! And so we'll
bring some more information
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to you. I think we should
do this Houston thing.
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>> Yeah?
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>> We should go check it out.
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>> Okay. We can make that happen.
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>> All right! Thanks for joining
us! We'll see ya next time!